Jeff Cope: Posted on Monday, February 04, 2019 4:57 PM
Something About Fruit Tree Pruning The most well attended class at Home grown Gardens every
year is the fruit tree pruning class.
Most of us are confused, too timid a pruner or just don't know where to start. There are whole books devoted to pruning
fruit tree, so I can only get so much information out is a short article. First I recommend the OSU Extension
publications: ·
PNW 400 Training and Pruning Your Home Orchard,
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Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:16 PM
Even though we have fairly mild winters here in the Willamette Valley paying attention to winter care might save some important garden plants in your garden.
Remember the winter of 2012-2013 when we have the December hard freeze event? we got to minus four degrees here at the nursery. A hard freeze is defined as air temperatures below 25 degrees for over four hours. The result of the December 2012 freeze was devastating to many zone 8 plants.
Some of the plants that froze to the ground that winter came back after 12-24 months such as Escallonia, Viburnum Spring Bouquet, Strawberry Tree and others. |
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Jeff Cope: Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 3:25 PM
Growing The Best Lawn,
Chapter 1 Having the best lawn in the neighborhood is not as hard as
it seems. Most of us don't really care
that our lawn is the best, but we do want a nice looking lawn. Others could care less what their lawn looks
like. I will be addressing only those
who care here. A good lawn involves
even uniform appearance, meaning it has the same green tones throughout, not
blotchy with other grass varieties invading that have a different texture,
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Donna Cope: Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 5:07 PM
Wow! Have we ever been busy here at the nursery! We are working on producing annuals, perennials, baskets and much more! Spring is here and we are so ready! Our benches are filling up with flowers and our spring bulbs arrived just the other day. If you are looking for a little inspiration for your garden, come on down and see what's blooming!
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Posted on Friday, January 04, 2013 4:06 PM
Well, the holidays have past and now we are looking forward to what 2013 will bring! We are busy here at the nursery getting ready for our plant production. We have some new exciting varieties of perennials that we will be growing for your garden! Our holiday break will end soon as we open back up on Jan. 21st.
Gather up your gardening magazines and let's get into the mindset of planning of gardens for the upcoming season. Think about planning a color themed garden or maybe a miniature garden! |
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Donna Cope: Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:53 PM
Welcome to our garden blog! This is new for us, so let the adventure begin! We are busy here at the garden center putting a few of our plants to bed for the winter and.... preparing for our 6th annual Holiday Open House! The festivites will begin on Nov 30th from 4:00pm to 8:00pm.  We invite you to come see the holiday lights at HGG. Nothing puts me into the holiday spirit better than the twinkling of lights! Santa will be here so bring the kids and the cameras! |
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